bush either. >> caller: yeah. yeah. knock on wood for that one. >> there are a lot of peaceful efforts over there. >> hal: right. >> caller: what i'm looking at is why doesn't president obama just stand up and say i understand everyone's superstitions, but we have to base our policy on fact and no longer base it on superstition. >> hal: i think the use of the world superstition would cut you right there at the hamstring in that race. >> it's another great test for us to know we can't have the version that we want. >> caller: maybe not use the verbiage superstitions, but use a reasonable facsimile, so we could cut through all of that. >> hal: obama gave a speech at the convention center in israel in -- i guess in jerusalem he opened for nickelback, i think -- >> right before the car show. >> hal: yeah where aaron gray will be signing autographs in her outfit from buck rogers -- >> hal: tangent. >> hal: right. okay. let's take one more call. i want to get to carol in california. >> caller: hallelujah. i didn't think i was